Did Aaron Jones' absence reduce the Green Bay Packers' chances of getting a victory rather than a tie Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings?

Welcome to your Morning Buzz, rounding up news and views regarding the Packers from around the web and here at PackersNews.com. Green Bay (1-0-1) will hit the road for the first time this season when it faces Washington at noon Sunday.

Tom Silverstein looks at how Jones needs to atone for the two-game suspension that may have been a factor in the Packers' failure to beat the Vikings.

Tom writes:

It wouldn’t be a stretch to think that if the second-year running back had been available Sunday — instead of watching from an unknown location due to the two-game suspension the NFL levied against him — the Packers wouldn’t have had to settle for five field goals in a 29-29 tie with the Minnesota Vikings.

Jones returns from his two-game punishment for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy this week, and he has a lot of making up to do. His poor decision to drive a vehicle after smoking marijuana could be the reason the Packers are 1-0-1 instead of 2-0.

To accept that assumption, consider his production from last year.

When healthy, he added an offensive dimension the Packers hadn’t had since Ahman Green was setting the club record for rushing yards in the early-to-mid 2000s. And Jones has an ability to dodge defenders that Green didn’t have.

But fans in Chicago are wondering why the Bears drafted Mitch Trubisky to be their quarterback last year instead of the Chiefs' red-hot Patrick Mahomes:

Should the #Bears have drafted Patrick Mahomes instead of Mitch Trubisky? Should Bears fans chill out about this debate in Week 3? Trubisky's edge on Cutler; Why are the Bears always bad on offense when they're good on defense and vice versa? First-and-10:https://t.co/lGQPobmOkT

The concept of letting first-round rookie quarterbacks spend a season learning from the bench (the Brett Favre/Aaron Rodgers model) seems to be a thing of the past:

Three of the NFL’s rookie QBs drafted in the first round have already played for their teams, and @AndrewBrandt believes the other two will see action at some point this season as well https://t.co/vyQ8KuLJku